Report: Gabrielle Giffords talks with Connecticut politicians

Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Friday met with politicians and families of victims on a visit to Newtown, Conn., where a deadly shooting occurred last month.

Giffords, who was shot and wounded in 2011, met with Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Connecticut Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman and Newtown’s first selectman, Steve Jensen, a spokesman for Wyman, told POLITICO. Giffords, Blumenthal and Wyman then met at a private residence with families of some of those who died at the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, which left 26 dead, including 20 children.

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Giffords was accompanied by her husband, Mark Kelly, an astronaut. Her representative did not immediately respond to request for comment.

“This time our response must consist of more than regret, sorrow, and condolence,” Kelly wrote in a Facebook post in the wake of the shooting. “The children of Sandy Hook Elementary School and all victims of gun violence deserve leaders who have the courage to participate in a meaningful discussion about our gun laws — and how they can be reformed and better enforced to prevent gun violence and death in America. This can no longer wait.”

Giffords, a Democrat from Arizona, was a congresswoman representing the Tucson area when she was shot on Jan. 8, 2011, while meeting with constituents at an outdoor “Congress on Your Corner” event.

Readers' Comments (28)

I hope Gabby has found the courage to forgive her Liberal supporter that became mentally deranged. Jared Loughner, should have received medical treatment. Is Gabby addressing the real mental illness and the Liberal culture of death media causes of her tragedy? How badly was Laughner affected by Obama's canceling mental health research funding?

It is great that she is trying to serve as a living representative for a rational approach to gun policy.

Of course the truly obvious approach to public policy is to not merely tax ammunition and guns. It is essential for all gun owners to carry million dollar insurance policies to cover the risk of their gun being stolen and to guarantee compensation for loss of life or injury sustained by their gun.

The worst spectacle is the way Diane Feinstein jumped in front of the camera, expressing her phony indignation, while at the same time taking money from a Hollywood that produces the most vile and violent pictures imaginable. Just like a whore getting cash for a ********. ( edit >> bj.......politico ****'d it out, aka oral, not ******l, aka "do me a favor" )

Since Diane does nothing to curb violence in the media, she has the blood of children on her hands.

The worst spectacle is the way Diane Feinstein jumped in front of the camera, expressing her phony indignation, while at the same time taking money from a Hollywood that produces the most vile and violent pictures imaginable.

What's next for Gabby?? Maybe a book and a tour? While I feel sorry for her,she needs to get off the soapbox and stop being a tool of the radical left wing Second Amendment haters . She is nothing more than the Cindy Sheehan of gun control and is being exploited by her own party.If she REALLY wants to do something,let her go down to the South side of Chicago and tell all the brothers and gang bangers to quit killing each other in the city and state with the toughest gun restrictions in the country. On a positive note,as reported by Drudge,the Illinois legislature has given up on passing new gun legislation because of intense opposition from WITHIN itself. "I have a strict policy on gun control.If there is a gun around,I want to be in control of it" -- Clint Eastwood

If she REALLY wants to do something,let her go down to the South side of Chicago and tell all the brothers and gang bangers to quit killing each other in the city and state with the toughest gun restrictions in the country.

Mister kilowatt, I am always amazed at your keen insight........

I mean, clearly there's no need to further regulate guns. You just need to take a disabled Congresswoman, whose career and health were ruined by being shot in the head by a crazy man with a gun in Arizona, and send her to Chicago to ask gang-members not to shoot each other any more.

Hey Babe, If she wants to be the poster child for gun control,then let her go where the action is instead of just pulling a "Sharpton" and agitating from the rear.. Of course with a heavily armed security force .And as I recall,there was NO so called "assault weapon" used in her shooting,and her attacker was mentally deranged. Funny,she's not talking too much about mental health,IS SHE ??

And as I recall,there was NO so called "assault weapon" used in her shooting,and her attacker was mentally deranged. Funny,she's not talking too much about mental health,IS SHE ??

No siree.... she was shot with a mere 9 mm semiautomatic Glock 19 with a 33 round magazine which will fire as quickly as you can pull the trigger. I mean, it's not like he had a rocket launcher or anything.....

And I SO AGREE with you on the mental illness thing. I mean, it would take away our freedom to limit access to guns. Instead, it would be far better for the government to identify people who may become violent BEFORE they become violent and lock them away in an institution so the rest of us can be free....

I'm pretty sure the government can do that and always get it right...........

O.K.here we go. While a Glock 19 is NOT a so called "assault weapon" ( there is NO such thing) it Can be equipped with a 33 round magazine,which most agree is prone to jamming and misfeeds, makes the weapon unstable,unreliable, and difficult to carry ,and is NOT widely used because of this .Also the standard 15 round magazine can be changed out in less than two seconds,meaning you can carry a pocketfull of them and have MUCH more firepower and reliability than the "fad" magazines.

O.K.here we go. While a Glock 19 is NOT a so called "assault weapon" ( there is NO such thing) it Can be equipped with a 33 round magazine,which most agree is prone to jamming and misfeeds, makes the weapon unstable,unreliable, and difficult to carry ,and is NOT widely used because of this

Thank goodness. If it weren't so prone to jamming and misfeeds, he might have been able to shoot more than 19 people in a few seconds.

So you're right - Giffords, the other 12 people who were wounded, and the families of the six who were killed have no reason whatsoever to think a 33 round magazine in a Glock 19 semi-automatic pistol is a bad thing. If he'd had a revolver, he could have had them wait while he reloaded and killed just as many.

Here we go again. Anyone familiar with a revolver will tell you that with VERY little practice you can use a "speedloader" to reload a revolver in the same time you can reload a semi auto. Also revolvers can be had in up to 8 shot capacity,and are MUCH more reliable than a semi auto.Also ,I have yet to find a weapon that automatically aims and fires itself. Take an A.R.15 rifle,OR a Glock 19, with 100 rounds of ammunition,give it to a SANE,law abiding American,send them into an unprotected school full of defenseless women and young children and do you know who gets shot ?? ---NOBODY.!!. "I have a strict policy on gun control. if there is a gun around,I want to be in control of it "---- Clint Eastwood

Here we go again. Anyone familiar with a revolver will tell you that with VERY little practice you can use a "speedloader" to reload a revolver in the same time you can reload a semi auto. Also revolvers can be had in up to 8 shot capacity,and are MUCH more reliable than a semi auto.

Now, darn it, Mister kilowatt, I keep agreeingwith you and you keep arguing with me anyway.

And yes, you could reload the revolver (using a speed reloader) just as fast a 33 shot magazine... although to get nineteen shots off like Giffords' shooter did, you'd have to reload three times (if you had an eight shot revolver), whereas with a 33 shot magazine you wouldn't have to at all....

...but that's beside the point because often that 33 round magazine is unreliable, even though it wasn't so unreliable when Giffords and the other 18 people were shot.

Must have been an AMERICAN MADE magazine..Also since it was a DEMOCRAT gathering,the crowd was probably anti-gun and nobody else was carrying,or it would have probably been a MUCH different result with the taxpayers saved from all that incarceration,treatment,and legal expense,as Loughner would have left the scene in a rubber bag.

Must have been an AMERICAN MADE magazine..Also since it was a DEMOCRAT gathering,the crowd was probably anti-gun and nobody else was carrying,or it would have probably been a MUCH different result with the taxpayers saved from all that incarceration,treatment,and legal expense,as Loughner would have left the scene in a rubber bag.

Well, there you go. Maybe we should only ban AMERICAN MADE 33 round magazines. Although it sounds a bit unpatriotic to me.

And I'm guessing all those people killed in the theater in Denver and the mall in Portland were Democrats, because none of them were armed. How come Republicans never go to malls or theaters?

Solution - we need to fill our malls and theaters with armed Republicans AND ban AMERICAN MADE magazines, or at least make sure criminals and crazy people have to use foreign made magazines and the rest of get the good American made ones.